425 DX News issue #1128
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No 1128
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A6 - A group of operators from the Emirates Amateur Radio Society
(EARS) will be active as A63HI from Umm al Hatab Island (AS-021)
on 19-24 December. They plan to be run two stations on all bands
and modes. QSL via IZ8CLM.
DU - Al, W7XA has permanently moved to the Philippines. He operates
mostly CW on 40-10 metres as DU1/W7XA from near Tagaytay, Cavite,
40km south of Manila. Currently he is using and inverted vee and
100 watts, but "in February will be QRO and will erect a hexbeam",
he says. His QSL route will be posted on qrz.com.
JD1_oga- JG7PSJ will be active again as JD1BMH from Chichijima (AS-031),
Ogasawara from 30 December to 4 January. He will operate CW, SSB
and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via JD1BMH (bureau) or JG7PSJ
(direct). Logsearch and other information can be found at
http://jd1bmh.zxq.net/
OH - The recent activity of OF9X (QSL via OH2BH) and OH9SCL (QSL via
OH9UV) from Finnish Lapland [425DXN 1127] has exceeded all
expectations, thus both stations will be kept active specifically
this weekend and coming week. Work both stations and get "a slick
Santa Certificate" which can also be issued to your children or
granchildren. After working both, the request with names can be
sent to og9x[@]sral.fi.
S7 - Tom, DL5NEN and Claudia,DO5NEN will be active again as S79NEN from
La Digue (AF-024), Seychelles on 15-28 December. QSL via DO5NEN.
[TNX DX Newsletter]
ST - Mario, CT1FTR expects to be QRV soon from Sudan as ST2FT. He will
operate SSB and PSK31 on the HF bands. QSL via CT2GBU, direct or
bureau, and eQSL. [TNX The Daily DX]
V2 - Kei, KG2A (JJ1RJR) will be active as V25A on 23-29 December. He
will operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres. QSL direct only to KG2A.
[TNX NG3K]
V5 - Look for DJ2BQ, DJ2HD, DK1CE and DL3DXX to be active from Namibia
in December-January as follows:
22 Dec - 02 Jan V5/DL3DXX 160-10m SSB and CW
22 Dec - 02 Jan V5/DK1CE 160-10m CW
22 Dec - 12 Jan V5/DJ2HD 160-10m SSB and RTTY
04 Jan - 18 Jan V5/DJ2BQ 80-10m RTTY
QSL V5/DK1CE via DH3WO, others via home call. [TNX NG3K]
VP2M - Nao, JN1RVS will be active as VP2MRV from Montserrat (NA-103) from
21 December to 3 January. He will operate CW and RTTY on 80-10
metres. QSL via JA1HGY, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch on
Club Log.
W - Howie, K1VSJ will be active again from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046)
from 28 December to 1 January. He will focus on working JA
stations on 10 or 15 metres during his late afternoon hours. [TNX
The Daily DX]
XV - Sei, JA7LU (XV4LU) and Hiroo, JA2VWG (XV4DDD) will be active from
Phu Quoc Island (AS-128) on 12-16 January. They will operate SSB
and RTTY on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via home calls,
direct only. [TNX JA7LU]
YB - Adhi, YB3MM and others are organizing an IOTA operation to take
place from Rondo Island (OC-245) on 9-17 March 2013. A special
callsign (YE6A) has been applied for. They will welcome operators
from abroad; if interested in joining the team, please contact
Adhi (yb3mm[@]mdxc.org) for more information. [TNX Mediterraneo DX
Club]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
BEST PRACTICES FOR DXPEDITION OPERATING ---> "We believe that much of the
chaos on the bands during DXpeditions is caused by the operating tactics of
the DXpedition operator - this leads to poor operating by DX-Chasers, and
therefore to chaos. At a meeting of RSGB, CDXC and GM-DX on October 13th we
agreed to strengthen the 'DX Code of Conduct' and to prioritise the
DXpedition side. This has now been completed, thanks to Wayne N7NG and 'DX
University', and has been renamed 'Best Practices for DXpedition
Operating'. Please go to www.dxuniversity.com click on DXpeditioning Tools,
then Basic Practices. Each of the 13 points is hyper-linked to some
explanatory text.
We would hope that DX organisations will adopt it as a condition of
funding. This would hopefully spread to become the normal requirement for
all DXpedition funding: DXpeditions would not only 'support' it, but would
also implement it on-air. In this way we expect that chaos on DX bands can
be reduced somewhat whenever a DXpedition is under way". [TNX G3SXW]
IARU NEWS ---> Two new member-societies have joined IARU. On 1 November
2012 voting was completed on the admission of Federation of Radio Sport of
Azerbaijan (Proposal No. 247) and St. Vincent & Grenadines Amateur Radio
Club (Proposal No. 248) to IARU membership. With 53 affirmative votes
required for approval there were 60 votes in favor of Proposal No. 247 and
61 votes in favor of Proposal No. 248. Accordingly, both proposals were
adopted.
QSL CY0AA 1996 ---> All of the 15,000+ QSOs made by CY0AA (Sable Island)
back in June-July 1996 have been uploaded to LoTW. Should you still need a
paper QSL, send your request direct only to W8RHM. No further bureau cards
will be processed. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL PS0F ---> Renner, PY7RP was active as PS0F from Fernando de Noronha on
6-10 December, and the QSL route for this operation is via WD9DZV. PS0F was
also the callsign used by Jim, K9PPY and Bill, W9VA back in March 2009, and
the QSL route for that operation is still via W9VA.
THE CDXC DX ARCHIVE ---> This project was born out of a proposal, made by
Alan, 5B4AHJ/G3PMR to the Chiltern DX Club Committee in early 2011. In his
research work for Club Log's callsign database, Alan recognised that there
are many DX documents that exist only in paper format, and are thus
inaccessible to the majority of interested persons. Alan proposed that CDXC
should set up a DX Archive project, whereby DX documents would be digitised
and made freely accessible to all, in a searchable format, via the CDXC web
site. The initial phase of this project involved the acquisition and
scanning of as many issues of Geoff Watts' (later RSGB's) "DX News Sheet"
and "RSGB DX News Magazine" as possible. This phase of the project,
undertaken entirely by volunteers, is now live and accessible via the CDXC
website. Go to http://www.cdxc.org.uk/ and click on "The CDXC DX Archive".
V26B ---> Team Antigua has set up a Restoration Fund and is accepting any
donations (PayPal at http://team-antigua.com) to help rebuild the shack
that was destroyed by fire on 18 November [425DXN 1125]. "We have
temporarily moved the station to another smaller building in the property",
they say, "and hope to return to the main shack if we can come up with
enough money to do so". 100% of any donations will be used towards
replacement of damaged equipment or repairing the fire damage. The fund
will be administered by N3OC, WT3Q, N3BNA and AA3B.
YASME EXCELLENCE AWARDS ---> In 2008 The Yasme Foundation (www.yasme.org)
established the Yasme Excellence Awards, to be awarded "to individuals who
through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication have made a
significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in
recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement as all
three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper". The latest
recipients, announced on 7 December, are:
- George Fremin (K5TR), Tree Tyree (N6TR), Trey Garlough (N5KO) and Scott
Neader (KA9FOX) for their contributions to many infrastructure projects
that benefit the ham community at large.
- Mark Spencer (WA8SME), for his instrumental work in the ARRL Teachers
Institute and other training efforts, development of PIC microcontroller
projects and books for amateurs, and work with leaders in student and
scientific teams applying amateur radio to scientific projects and
experiments.
- Champ Muangamphun (E21EIC) and Pornchai Semjang (HS2JFW), for leadership
in the Thai amateur community, especially during the recent flooding which
helped open the door to the new Thai HF licensing and enhanced the stature
of amateur radio with the Thai government.
- Tomas Hood (NW7US) and Carl Luetzelschwab (K9LA), for sustained education
of the amateur community regarding propagation, solar and geomagnetic
physics.
- David Freese (W1HKJ), for creating and maintaining the freeware software
package FLDIGI, probably the most widely used digital communication
software in ham radio and a frequent gateway for new hams who are more
familiar with computer-based communications.
- Dean Straw (N6BV), for his contributions to amateur antenna system design
and the development of software tools such as HFTA to optimize system
design.
- Peter Martinez (G3PLX) and Pawel Jalocha (SP9VRC), for the development of
PSK31, a widely used digital mode entirely invented by amateurs that is
enabling many amateurs to successfully use HF with very modest stations.
- Arie Kleingeld (PA3A), Ad Van Ginneken (PA8AD) and Arie Noordzij (PA3AN),
for their sustained contributions to the Mercy Ships Project.
The YASME Board of Directors also announced supporting grants to WRTC 2014,
the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation, Club Log, the NCDXF Beacon
Project, Yasme Scholarships (administered by ARRL) and the Amateur Radio
Association of Kosovo (SHRAK). [TNX W6SZN]
ZL9HR ---> The team on Campbell Island finished operations at about 16:00
UTC on 8 December, and the last logs have been uploaded to Club Log. The
final log includes 42115 QSOs (almost the 79% equally shared between Europe
and North America) with 15226 unique calls. The OQRS on Club Log is now up
and running.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B8CW NI5DX EH8FPA EA8CZT PG100NOM PA0FAW
3B8JB SM6JBC EK3GM IK2QPR PJ5J JA1HGY
3G1D EA5GL EN290L UR9LD PS0F WD9DZV
3V8SS LX1NO EN400UG US5UZ R1941MB R2DX
3W3B E21EIC EO40AZA UT8AS R20BIS RU9WZ
4A7L XE1L FH4VOS DL7BC R60PRC RW3FB
4L4ZA DJ1CW FR5DN EA7FTR RI1ANC RN1ON
4S7KKG DC0KK FR5DZ F6CXV RI1ANR RK1PWA
4X0A 4X1VF GB1WH M0OXO S21B KX7YT
5C2P IK2PZC GM5XW G5XW SN15ZIP SP5ZIP
5C5W EA5XX GX4HRC G3SVK SU9VB UA4WHX
5H3CMG ZR6CMG HC2/KF6ZWD RW6HS T48T EA5KB
5N7M OM3CGN HC2AC RW6HS T6T RW6HS
5R8UI IZ8CCW HC7AE EA7FTR TM1TARA F8DVD
5W0RK VK4VB HG90ST HA6NL TM2VD F8DFO
5W0W NR6M HS0ZDG K4YT TM4TLT F4KIP
5X1NH G3RWF HV0A IK0FVC TM62LL F8KHW
6V1A 6W7JX HZ1PS IZ8CLM TM6M F4DXW
7T50I 7X2ARA II0TH I0YCB UN7NFK RW6HS
7U50I 7X2ARA II0XMAS M0OXO UN7NG RW6HS
7V50I 7X2ARA II3SB IW3IE V26DR W6DR
7W50I 7X2ARA J68FF W3FF V31AG AD8J
7Y50I 7X2ARA J68UN N7UN V31NO W3NO
8P2K KU9C JD1BLY JI5RPT V63AQ JH1NBN
8P6SH KU9C KH2/K3ZB JH1NBN V63XG JA1XGI
9A55AX 9A4J KH7X K2PF VP2VGG K6CLS
9M2MRS PA0RRS L26A LU7AEA W8XGI/KH2 JA1XGI
9M2SM 9M2GET L33M LU1MA XR3A CE3DNP
9M6DXX M0URX OF9X OH2BH XU1A JH1AJT
9V1YC W5UE OH1NAVY OH1AJ XU7TZG ON7PP
A61DD EA5ZD OH9SCL OH9UV YB8BYL EA7FTR
A65BP UA6MF ON101BOB ON3EA YD0LOU YB0JZS
AH0BT 7L1FPU OQ200HC ON4CBU YN5ZO K7ZO
BV2013LF BM2JCC OR200HC ON3AIM YN9SU TI4SU
C6AEE N2GG OT12BR ON7BR YU175SB YU1KN
C6AGG N2GG OY3JE M0URX YW6EK YV6CR
C6AVA N6AWD OZ0NAVY DF5LW ZD8RH G4DBW
CM2YI EA4GJU P29FR I2RFJ ZF1EJ K6AM
CN8KD EA5XX P40CX K8CX ZF2JS N8BFR
CR2T CU2AF PA12XMAS PB5X ZF2KO N4EWT
CR5A CT1FFU PB12XMAS PB5X ZF2MK K9MK
CT3AS DL3BK PD12XMAS PB5X ZF2YL AE9YL
CV5K CX2ABC PD35JKS PD1JKS ZL9HR EB7DX
CW5W CX6VM PD35RKA PD0RKA ZM2B ZL2BR
D2QR RW6HS PD35SSCS PD2RKG ZP6LMR K2DER
DU1IST JA1HGY PF35BTA PA2BTA ZS1REC W2ARP
DV5PO EA5GL PF35FRAG PI4FRG ZT1T ZS1AFS
E51E EB7DX PF35OLM PE1OLM ZX10M PY5PDC
EG1VCV EA1RCI PF35WRD PA2WRD ZZ100FC PS7YL
6W7JX Jean-Louis Pipien, BP 1958, Mbour, Senegal
EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, P.O. Box 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
JA1HGY Naohiko Mashita, 8-2-4-2A Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052,
Japan
JA1XGI Haru Uchida, 2-30-11 Shintomi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken, 350-0043,
Japan
JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken,
259-0111, Japan
RW6HS Vasily M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, g. Novopavlovsk, Stavropolskij
kr., 357300, Russia
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